Jan 18, 2016

Burning Nights (Kindling Flames #6) by Julie Wetzel

After
a wedding filled with werewolves, fay, and vampires, Vicky is looking
forwards to a nice, quiet honeymoon away from the chaos of Darien’s
daily life. But nothing is ever simple with an Ancient Vampire around.

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Release Date: January 18th, 2016

After
a wedding filled with werewolves, fay, and vampires, Vicky is looking
forwards to a nice, quiet honeymoon away from the chaos of Darien’s
daily life. But nothing is ever simple with an Ancient Vampire around.

When
the Vampire Council of Hawaii finds out Darien and his new bride are
coming, they are determined to see that Darien is honored properly. But
vampire etiquette isn’t for the faint of heart.

The nights could burn when lines are drawn… and Darien finds himself in a turf war he never intended to start.

GUEST POST

I’m an author not a murder

“Julie?” my husband calls from the other room.

Walking into the living room, my heart skips as I see him sitting at my computer. “Yes?” I ask.

He waves his hand at the screen. “Should I be worried?”

Leaning
forwards, I place my hand on the back of his chair so I can see what he
is looking at. The man has foolishly opened my browser history and
found my research on poisons. “No,” I say with a smile, “that’s just
research for my book. What would you like for dinner tonight?”

Giving
me a dubious glance, he looks at the website detailed the best way to
make ricin and shakes his head. “I think we should eat out for a
while.”

“Good, my caster bean plants haven’t finished growing yet,” I tease as I leave to get change for dinner.

Every
time I start into a new book, my husband gets worried that I’m going to
kill him in horrible and gruesome ways. But I’m not really researching
the best poisons to slip in his meal, I’m finding out the best way to
kill off my characters.

The
backbone of a good story is how believable that story is. You can have
great characters and a good plot, but if their actions aren’t possible
in the real world, then the story suffers for it. So if an author comes
up on a subject they haven’t had personal experience with, like making
chloroform, they need to find a source of information to help. It’s
amazing the things you can find on the internet. I’ve spent hours
researching how the world works to make sure the details of the book
match real world scenarios. But of course the cost of easy research is a
browser history that would scare the pants off the local authorities.

For
Kindling Flames Burning Nights, I spent many nights poring over endless
documents on poisons looking for something that would kill quickly and
how it worked. An on page death scene wouldn’t be complete without
proper a proper description of how the person died. And night—while my
son is in bed and not there to ask questions—is the best time to do this
kind of research.

What’s
even worse are the places that I’ve bookmarked because they’ve provided
me with amazing information. Not only for my vampire series, but for
other projects I’m working on. There is a wealth of information out
there, but you really do have to go to some fairly shady places to find
some of the darker subjects.

So
to anyone that happens to come across my computer, please don’t turn it
into the FBI. I’m really not a porn watching Satanist that’s looking
for the perfect way to poison and dismember someone before feeding them
to the crocodiles. I’m author doing vital research for my latest book.

Originally
from Ohio, Julie always dreamed of a job in science. Either shooting
for the stars or delving into the mysteries of volcanoes. But, life
never leads where you expect. In 2007, she moved to Mississippi to be
with her significant other.

Now
a mother of a hyperactive red headed boy, what time she's not chasing
down dirty socks and unsticking toys from the ceiling is spent crafting
worlds readers can get lost it. Julie is a self-proclaimed bibliophile
and lover of big words. She likes hiking, frogs, interesting earrings,
and a plethora of other fun things.

And with the Kindling Flames series, she is now an Internationally Best-Selling Author.